Ebonyi Govt denies inaugurating Bakassi Boys

Ebonyi state government Monday debunked  allegations that it formed a vigilante group called ‘Bakassi Boys’  that it will use to fight the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IBOP).

 A group,  The Biafra Restoration Voice (TBRV) had alleged that Governor David Umahi  commissioned the said security group.

But debunking the allegations, the state commissioner for Internal Security and Boarder Peace, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha said the state has no any internal security outfit except the neighborhood watch.

He described the information to be strange.

He said: “This is a strange story as  far as the state is concerned, there is no security outfit that can be established in this state without the knowledge of the state government and as such there is nothing like Bakassi boys.

“So, there is nothing like BAKASSI in Ebonyi state and there is no inauguration of such group in the state. There is absolutely nothing like that and we don’t condone it. Who did the selection? Who inaugurated them?

“There were some people that came and said they are National Vigilante and the Governor said we don’t want to hear anything like that here in the state.

“What we have which is constitutionally approved by our House of Assembly is the state Neighbourhood Watch and everybody know their activities. It is recognized worldwide and security agencies in the state know their activities and that is the only thing we know in the state and we have as a security outfit. Their conduct have limitations, there are certain extent they don’t go. They give tips to police, their activities does not cross this level and they are purely to checkmate pocket of  crimes,” Emegha said.

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